Top-seed Barthel pulls out with injury in Austria

BAD GASTEIN, Austria 
Top-seeded Mona Barthel of Germany pulled out with a shoulder injury while trailing the 725th-ranked Lisa-Maria Moser of Austria 6-2, 4-3 in the second round of the Gastein Ladies on Wednesday.

Playing in her first WTA event, Moser broke Barthel twice to take the opening set and the Austrian wildcard was a break up in the second when the 31st-ranked Barthel withdrew.

In the quarterfinals, Moser will play either Andrea Hlavackova of Czech Republic or Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland.